Christian v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Chilton. Tried before the Hon. N. D. Denson. The appellant in this case, Joe Christian, was indicted, tried -and convicted for an assault with intent to murder one George Willis, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years. The evidence relating to the confession made by the defendant is shown in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Chilton. Tried before the Hon. N. D. Denson. The appellant in this case, Joe Christian, was indicted, tried -and convicted for an assault with intent to murder one George Willis, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years. The evidence relating to the confession made by the defendant is shown in the opinion. The evidence for the State tended to show that the said Willis was shot while he was -sitting in his door, and it was further shown that the gate where the defendant said he was standing when he shot George Willis was twenty or twenty-five…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
lit affirmatively appeared that no promises or threats were made to the defendant to induce or coerce him to a confession. All that occurred bearing upon the character and fact'of the confession received in evidence was this: Three or four armed men in quest of the defendant to arrest him came upon him in a house where there were several other people. One of the posse said to defendant: “Joe, we have come after you.” Defendant answered: “What for?” The officer said: “You know what for.” The defendant replied: “Yes; for shooting George Willis. * * * I did it,” and he said further that he “was…
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